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Definitive General Knowledge Trivia Quiz

A quiz of general knowledge designed to be hard, but not impossible. Furthermore, the information contained is not ridiculously specific - hence, 'general knowledge.' Good luck!

A multiple-choice quiz by bryantjake. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
bryantjake

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
40,718

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Very Difficult

Avg Score
4 / 10

Plays
1016

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. A perennial high school worry topic, the SAT, officially stands for? Hint

Scholastic Aptitude Test

Scholastic Acuity Test

School Assessment Test

nothing

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Question 2 of 10

2. The phrase 'mutatis mutandis' means . . . ? Hint

With this I will contend

What needed to be done is now finished

The necessary changes have been made

In many, one

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Question 3 of 10

3. The only US president to graduate from Stanford University is? Hint

Hoover

Truman

Harrison

Taft

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Question 4 of 10

4. The factor difference, in hertz, from middle C to the D directly above it is...? Hint

Two 12th roots of two

Two square roots of 7

The 12th root of 2

2 square roots of 2

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Question 5 of 10

5. The author of the 'Simple' stories, as published in the Chicago Tribune, is...? Hint

Langston Hughes

Ernest Hemingway

John Updike

Lorraine Hansberry

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Question 6 of 10

6. The composer of 'The Girl with the Flaxen Hair' is...? Hint

Claude Debussy

Duke Ellington

Fredrich Chopin

The Eroica Trio

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Question 7 of 10

7. The youngest ever US citizen to have a net wealth of over a billion dollars (hence, billionaire) did so how ? Hint

Founding Dell

Acting

Founding Yahoo

Inheriting

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Question 8 of 10

8. Complete the line 'For one can do worse than be a swinger of ______.'
-- Robert Frost Hint

Vines

Ropes

Elms

Birches

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Question 9 of 10

9. The shortest book of the Bible, in Verses, is...? Hint

Second John

Third John

Obadiah

Jude

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Question 10 of 10

10. The total point value of all of the pawns in a chess game is... ? Hint

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. A perennial high school worry topic, the SAT, officially stands for?

Answer: nothing

Several years ago, the US college board declared that the acronym 'SAT' no longer stood for anything. The SAT now simply refers to the test given to prospective college students in their junior or senior year of high school.

2. The phrase 'mutatis mutandis' means . . . ?

Answer: The necessary changes have been made

3. The only US president to graduate from Stanford University is?

Answer: Hoover

4. The factor difference, in hertz, from middle C to the D directly above it is...?

Answer: Two 12th roots of two

Yep... the difference from middle C to high C is a factor of 2, and there are 12 tones in between (inclusive)... hence, each half step is a twelth root of two, and D is two half steps from C.

5. The author of the 'Simple' stories, as published in the Chicago Tribune, is...?

Answer: Langston Hughes

6. The composer of 'The Girl with the Flaxen Hair' is...?

Answer: Claude Debussy

7. The youngest ever US citizen to have a net wealth of over a billion dollars (hence, billionaire) did so how ?

Answer: Founding Yahoo

8. Complete the line 'For one can do worse than be a swinger of ______.' -- Robert Frost

Answer: Birches

9. The shortest book of the Bible, in Verses, is...?

Answer: Second John

Yep - 13 verses.

10. The total point value of all of the pawns in a chess game is... ?

Answer: 16

Source: Author bryantjake

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